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Battery is good for me, but I have a lot of system apps frozen and alot of startups stopped, both done using rom toolbox pro, by far the best root app out there. Obviously there are other factors that come into battery life, but when I first got ICS loaded up, it was very clear the battery is much better than gingerbread, as was the case when I got ICS on my G300.

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ICS has completely transformed the experience of using my device. When I replaced my G300 with the San Diego, I was initially somewhat underwhelmed; disappointed, even. The G300 had felt like a real leap from the San Francisco it replaced. Out of the box it wasn't great, but with the updated ROM it flew. It was so much faster and more responsive than the San Fran. I couldn't believe it had only cost a few pounds more. I expected a similar leap with the San Diego; a device retailing at twice the price of the G300 on release. However, I was disappointed with the smoothness of the transition between homescreens (even using Holo Launcher), I found typing far harder (I kept hitting the wrong keys), the battery life was disappointing compared to what I was used to and it just didn't feel as responsive as I had hoped it would. I admit I never tried using the Xolo version of Gingerbread though, so all this is based on stock Orange.

ICS has changed everything. The device is so much more responsive. All the transitions happen swiftly and smoothly. Chrome browser is a treat to use, with content loading and pages formatting far more swiftly than I have been accustomed to. The choice of ringtones and notifications is excellent. It is early days to judge the battery life yet, but since I updated yesterday afternoon it hasn't drained anywhere near as much as I would have expected under the stock Gingerbread despite my increased usage.

If reports of improved GPS fix time and no-clicky sounds in video recording are true then I am one happy bunny. I am also keen to try root so I can install Ad Free and perhaps change the alarm sound.

I am now back to the feeling that I can't believe this phone only cost me £140 (after £30 Quidco, which Orange actually paid through in a matter of days). A definite step up from my G300 now, even when it was running Infusion.

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It wasn't the best before either but now it's got worse... Am I doing something I shouldn't be? I'm sure I've got something running that is eating the battery up!

Then again when I check the battery stats it says that 50% has gone on the screen! What!?

Mines showing 40% used by the screen, that's normal unless you're using something really CPU intensive like gaming or benchmarks an awful lot.

Although it's early days my battery seems to be better in respect of life. I've changed the governor to Powersave and am using Auto Brightness for the screen. You haven't changed the CPU frequency at all have you?

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Mines showing 40% used by the screen, that's normal unless you're using something really CPU intensive like gaming or benchmarks an awful lot.

Although it's early days my battery seems to be better in respect of life. I've changed the governor to Powersave and am using Auto Brightness for the screen. You haven't changed the CPU frequency at all have you?

I haven't changed anything really... The settings are the same as from gingerbread as they were mainly exported over with the upgrade.

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Yes some features are missing, like changing the type of multi-shot etc, but overall it is much more user friendly and also the video record bug is fixed, the annoying auto-focus sound. Also I am finding the photo quality about same as before, although with flash colors look better and macro function seems improved, especially in video.

To remove the persistent search bar you would need to install a 3rd party launcher such as Apex Launcher.

I'm not sure of what it was like under GB(now updated to ICS) but I took mine off charge last night before going to bed, this morning after 9.5 hours it was still on 100% battery. I do put it on airplane mode overnight and am also running the Powersave governor but that is impressive. Partly down to the Intel deepsleep mode I know but still excellent.